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Report shows rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths decreased in 2023 but persistent inequalities remain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/perinatal-loss-infancy-death-leicester
The MBRRACE-UK collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and the University of Leicester’s TIMMS research group, has today published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal deaths of babies born in the UK in 2023.
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Leicesters EU students boost local jobs and the economy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicesters-eu-students-boost-local-jobs-and-the-economy
EU students at universities in Leicester and across the East Midlands generate £143m for the region’s economy and support 1,341 jobs, according to analysis from Universities UK. The new analysis looks at the impact of EU students across all regions and nations of the UK.
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University leads first-of-its-kind trial testing diabetes drug for deadly aneurysms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/december/aortic-anueryms-diabetes-leicester-bown
A Leicestershire farmer is the first person in the UK to join a groundbreaking trial, led by the University of Leicester, to test whether the type 2 diabetes drug metformin can treat deadly abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
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Experts urge caution against overemphasis on type 2 diabetes remission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/diabetes-remission-patients-leicester
Current thinking around type 2 diabetes remission needs to be re-examined to improve patient outcomes, say researchers at the University of Leicester.
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New book on work-life balance by Professor of Management and colleagues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-book-on-work-life-balance-by-professor-of-management-and-colleagues
Professor Stephen Wood from our School of Business is among the editors of a new publication on work-life balance practices during the recent recession. Employers did not withdraw their work-life balance practices during the post-2008 recession.
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Andrew Dunn: Page 117
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/117/
Academic Librarian.
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Simon Dixon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/simon_dixon/
I am Archives and Special Collections Manager within the University Library. My role is to manage and develop the Library's and other University research collections and exploit digital technologies to reach new audiences for these collections.
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Career Commitment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/07/20/commitment/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on July 20, 2015 Along with the University’s team, I attended the final of Engineering YES 2015. The post event talk was given by Lord Digby Jones, former head of the Confederation of British Industry.
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CuppaScience and the James Webb Space Telescope
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/21/201/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 July 2020 We highlight Leicester’s involvement in the James Webb Space Telescope, the ambitious new infrared telescope launching in 2021 – with the #CuppaScience Podcast with Naomi Rowe-Gurney.
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Modern Classics: A Frost in May (14th)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/04/19/modern-classics-a-frost-in-may-14th/
Meeting details for the Modern Classics Book Group's discussion of A Frost in May